different between volatility vs lightness

English

Etymology

volatile +? -ity

Noun

volatility (countable and uncountable, plural volatilities)

1. The state of being volatile
   1. (uncountable) The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily
   2. (computing, uncountable) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
   3. (uncountable) The state of being able to fly.
   4. (uncountable) The state of being unpredictable
   5. (finance, countable) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English l?htnes; equivalent to light (“bright, luminous”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).

Noun

lightness (countable and uncountable, plural lightnesses)

1. (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
2. (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
3. (countable) The product of being illuminated.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse,; equivalent to light (“not heavy”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).

Noun

lightness (uncountable)

1. The state of having little weight, or little force.
2. Agility of movement.
3. Freedom from worry.
4. Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
   • , New York 2001, p.75:

     Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?

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Anagrams

• nightless, slightens